Rajouri, February 16: An army officer was killed and a soldier suffered injuries on Saturday while defusing and an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Line of Control in Rajouri.
The Major-rank officer was defusing the IED which had been planted by terrorists. The officer is from the Corps of Engineers.
The blast killed the officer and injured a soldier who was evacuated to hospital, officials said.
The IED was planted 1.5 km inside the Line of Control in the Naushera sector of Rajouri district.
The army has confirmed that it was an IED blast and not a BAT action.
The IED blast came two days after 40 CRPF personnel were killed when a Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist rammed an explosive-laden SUV into a bus carrying them in Pulwama district in south Kashmir. This was the second IED attack along the LoC in the same sector since January.
On January 11, two Army personnel, including a major, were killed in Naushera sector of Rajouri.
